CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-12255

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2017-09-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-09-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco UCS Central Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain shell access. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands entered in the CLI, aka a Restricted Shell Break Vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering a specific command with crafted arguments. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain shell access to the underlying system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve70762.

Affected configurations

• cisco unified computing system 1.5\(1c\)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References